Historic conference of Ukrainian Catholic Church.Winnipeg--The Ukrainian Catholic Church had an historic three-day Conference in Winnipeg on May 24-26 of this year in which all Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada, over 250 priests and deacons, many religious, and a few dozen wives of priests (who had their own session) were gathered. It was only the second time in the history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church that such a Conference was convened. The first time was in 1962. The Ukrainian Catholic Church has a Permanent Synod SYNOD. An ecclesiastical assembly. of five bishops; one of them is the Head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Major Archbishop In the Eastern Catholic Churches, major archbishop is a title for an hierarch to whose archiepiscopal see is granted the same jurisdiction in his autonomous (sui juris) particular Church that an Eastern patriarch has in his. Lubomyr Husar Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, MSU (Ukrainian: Любомир Гузар) (born 26 February 1933) is Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a minority church in Ukraine but the largest . This Permanent Synod meets four times a year, usually in Ukraine. However, last year, the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church voted to have one of its four meetings in Winnipeg, the city of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolitan of Canada, Michael Bzdel. It was the first time that Canada ever hosted a meeting of the Permanent Synod. For that reason it was decided to organise a Conference to run concurrently for all the Ukrainian Catholic clergy in Canada. The Organising Committee, composed of the Chancellors of all five Ukrainian Catholic Eparchies in Canada, and headed by Auxiliary Bishop
Movement toward unity or cooperation among the Christian churches. The first major step in the direction of ecumenism was the International Missionary Conference of 1910, a gathering of Protestants. . The participants and organiser judged the Conference to be a great success. Reflecting upon the Conference, Bishop David said: "This meeting was historical. It was the first time in 40 years that our church leaders met to discuss the future of our Church in Canada. We gathered in prayer, in unity, in dialogue, to reflect the vocation and mission of our Church in Canada." Bishop David also mentioned that the highlight of the Conference for him was "the spiritual excitement of the participants' willingness to take upon themselves the challenge of exploring evangelisation, that is, welcoming all people of Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian descent to become active members of our church in Canada." Father Esteban Deak, a participant from Toronto, said: "The words of our Patriarch patriarch, in the Bible patriarch (pā`trēärk), in biblical tradition, one of the antediluvian progenitors of the race as given in Genesis (e.g., Seth) or one of the ancestors of the Jews (e.g. (Lubomyr Husar) were very moving to me. Also it was great to have the opportunity to fellowship with so many priests that I had never met before." Many participants raved about the dynamic, enthusiastic keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. on evangelisation by Rev. Dr. Andriy Chirovsky. The agenda of the meeting of the Permanent Synod mostly dealt with preparation for the upcoming Synod of the Ukrainian Catholic Church to be held August 24-31 in Lviv, Ukraine. |
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